The Shattered Star

1. Antec Twelve Hundred V3 Black Steel ATX Full Tower
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6811129100

2. GIGABYTE GA-990FXA-UD3 AM3+ AMD 990FX SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813128514

3. AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition Thuban 3.2GHz 6 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 125W Six-Core Desktop Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6819103849

4. SAPPHIRE 100311-2SR Radeon HD 6970 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with Eyefinity
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814102918

5. G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory x2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820231445

6. Kingston HyperX SH100S3B/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) (HyperX Upgrade Kit)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6820139601

7. COOLER MASTER Silent Pro RSA00-AMBAJ3-US 1000W ATX12V v2.3 / EPS12V v2.92 SLI Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817171049

8. LITE-ON Black 12X BD-R 2X BD-RE 16X DVD+R 12X DVD-RAM 8X BD-ROM 8MB Cache SATA 12X Blu-ray Burner with Blu-ray 3D feature IHBS112-29 (Including CyberLink BD Solution)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827106346

9. ZALMAN CNPS9900MAX-B 135mm Long life bearing CPU Cooler Blue LED
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6835118074

What do you guys think? Any suggestions, modifications?

Caligstar

The new AMD CPUs come out in 4 days time, while early benchmarks suggest they only just match/slightly beat intels last generation they should be at a competitive price.
And if you can hold on for a bit then Intels is putting out Ivybridge in 5-6 months time which will once again set the bar that much higher.

Outside of that the performance difference Intel has at the moment is just massive, hopefully Bulldozer will offer Sandybridge power for a little less cash but if not I cant recommend anything but the i5 2500k. Right in the middle of the price/performance sweet spot at the moment.

I can tell you from experience that the 3.2 Thuban can handle any game out there right now. My friend had me build a PC for him, and I used the six core Thuban because of it's price and reviews. It's honestly amazing. Everything else looks good, although I prefer Corsair cases, as the airflow and upgrade options are generally a lot better.

ok Bulldozer is out....get the i5.

I like my i7 core, but I'm not sure how AMDs have been performing lately. So also not familiar with its architecture on that MoBo . I think that video card is overkill for EVE, though. Or maybe I'm just envious

Isileth wrote:ok Bulldozer is out....get the i5.

I hope you're doing the same

That Phenom II is going to be better for gaming than the new Bulldozers which just came out from AMD. However, I would second Isi's advice. If you have the cash to spare on the CPU and an appropriate mobo, I'd go with the i5-2500 myself.

LoL, I just upgraded recently to a dual core Athlon II 245 and 8 gb of DDR2, your shit is screaming compared to what I have. But seriously, from all I have read and seen, the intel chips are beating the AMDs of comparable stats based on the memory controller. You can get faster speeds with an Intel than an AMD of the same stats based on memory performance alone. However, AMD is a bit cheaper and its all dependant on what your wallet can handle to be honest. I have not seen alot on the new AMD with built in video, but the concept sounds kewl. I am interested to see how a solo SSD drive is going to perform though, most people I know running SSD as OS and have 2X1TB on raid HDDs for storage.


Oz